Submitted by: Jimmy Ward
Folks,
Lately I have been somewhat inundated with spiritual discussions related to current events and prophetic implications. Many sense spiritual warfare, realizing we are living in very interesting, albeit somewhat “alarming” times. Many are wondering if Our Messiah is about to return. These questions are important and all I can do is point out what the text says, void of all the theological nonsense of which I do not prescribe.
During our Shabbat study of this week’s Torah lesson, we noted parallels to what is happening in our country and around the world regarding the COVID Planned-demic measures forced by the global elites and their minions. Little by little the government is systematically taking everything from the people, forcing the people into a final phase of total submission to “Pharaoh.” King Solomon’s words continue – “nothing new under the sun.”
I invite you to read the below text from Bereshith (Genesis) 47: 13-25 which is the last part of this week’s lesson. This is taken from The Scriptures Bible which is what I use as it comes pretty close to the original text in Hebrew, especially names. So you know, “Mitsrayim” is Hebrew for Egypt. Kena’am is Canaan. I have underlined some points of interest.
JW
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13Now there was no bread in all the land, because the scarcity of food was very severe, and the land of Mitsrayim and all the land of Kena‛an became exhausted from the scarcity of food.
14And Yosĕph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Mitsrayim and in the land of Kena‛an, for the grain which they bought. And Yosĕph brought the silver into Pharaoh’s house.
15And when the silver was all spent in the land of Mitsrayim and in the land of Kena‛an, all the Mitsrites came to Yosĕph and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the silver is gone!”
16And Yosĕph said, “Give your livestock, and I give you bread for your livestock, if the silver is gone.”
17So they brought their livestock to Yosĕph, and Yosĕph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks they owned, and for the herds they owned, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.
18And when that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We do not hide from my master that our silver is all spent, and my master also has the livestock we owned. There has not any been left before my master but our bodies and our lands.
19“Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and let us and our land be servants of Pharaoh. And give us seed, and let us live and not die, and let the land not lie waste.”
20And Yosĕph bought the entire land of Mitsrayim for Pharaoh, because every man of the Mitsrites sold his field, because the scarcity of food was severe upon them. And the land came to be Pharaoh’s.
21And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Mitsrayim to the other end.
22Only the ground of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had portions allotted to them by Pharaoh, and they ate their portions which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their ground.
23And Yosĕph said to the people, “Look, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
24“And it shall be that in the harvest you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. And four-fifths is your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”
25And they said, “You have saved our lives. Let us find favour in the eyes of my master, and we shall become Pharaoh’s servants.”
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